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I am not on. Why/how is KP injured? It’s hardly the opening of the season FFS. Come on Pliskova. Retire and start a family already.Naomi get the first set against extremely injured Pliskova.
I am not on. Why/how is KP injured? It’s hardly the opening of the season FFS. Come on Pliskova. Retire and start a family already.Naomi get the first set against extremely injured Pliskova.
For someone who is supposedly shy and doesn't love attention, she sure does seek a lot of attention...... and Naomi brought film maker to Oz so she better be good.
Sorry to hear that you guys are dealing with that. I honestly can't imagine watching tennis these days and being forced into only viewing one match, and that match being selected by the broadcaster. I really love flicking through multiple matches and events, live, and catching bits of them all.Doesn't look like UK coverage is going to get better anytime soon. We've gone from being able to watch any match on any court (Amazon), to having just one feed that covers both the ATP and the WTA (Sky). Anisimova's match got switched off halfway through so they could show Andy Murray. This is depressing and dismal.
Um, did you see Anisimova? She may have looked Ok against Pavs (who has been pretty terrible for about a year now), but I don't think she is doing much of anything anytime soon. She doesn't look particularly fit, or like her head is in a better place than it used to be. On that first point, I don't think the way her body has grown and matured has been good for her tennis. She was obviously lighter, quicker and more agile when she was younger and still developing. I hope Andreeva doesn't have the same problem, as right now she looks really promising.It will be an interesting 2024 if she can play a full season and not be hindered by injuries or layoffs.
See above. We shouldn't draw too many conclusions when some of these players get really weak opponents in their first matches back. Especially in Auckland, where Svitolina is the #2 seed for god's sake! Emma will get smacked around by the better competition, as she should.Raducanu back with her first match is many months. So far she is not looking too bad playing against the 134th ranked Ruse of Romania.
Wow, is it possible she is even more cute than before? Hopefully she has some decent attire this season.Just gone to the outside courts and caught Ostapenko who is looking very fit and strong!
Another one that is too early to call. Korpatch isn't a tour regular, and Pliskova couldn't even beat her sister last year.Osaka looking fantastic. Will be a slam contender this year once again, US Open watch out.
For someone who is supposedly shy and doesn't love attention, she sure does seek a lot of attention...
I wouldn’t say Pliskova is extremely injured. Her wrist is taped but not impacting her hitting aces and drop shots and all sorts. She’s worked her way into this match. Up 4-3 second set.
Ha, yeah, exactly. She doesn't love attention, but if you give her a big enough check she sure will do a good job of looking like she loves the attention...that netflix special money tho.
If Ostapenko keeps serving so well, it’s gonna be tough for Giorgi. But Camila is a fighter, so let’s see…JO v. Camila shortly.
Zhu Lin is a tough cookie, I recall she's had some big scraps with Azarenka.I didn't realise Collins/Sabalenka was close and I'm disappointed it's not happening now.
Would be great if she could get some big results this year, same with Burel. I feel the French have had a presence on tour with Garcia and Cornet especially but they're due some more players stepping up.Forget about anything else. Diane Parry put on a match of anthology against Lesia Tsurenko last night.
Wait, you are kidding with Burrage but not Raducanu? Emma is going nowhere.Raducanu now in the Aussie main draw thanks to Lauren Davis pulling out. There's going to be some horrible early draws for the seeds..
Osaka, Raducanu, Fernandez, Pliskova, Andreeva, Collins, Giorgi, Burrage. I wouldn't want to draw any of them.
I'm just kidding with Burrage.
It seems like a strange match to take anything from, but when Andreeva played against that male player (1000 something in the ATP), she looked quite good. Sure, she still lost, but her movement and hitting seemed like a clear step forward from last year.6-2 6-1 for Andreeva over Samsonova! She will be so dangerous at the Aussie Open. Might be dangerous in this.
Wait, what? I'm not lover of Osaka's behavior, but are you seriously calling her greedy in the same sentence where you praise Raducanu? They have A LOT in common...Nice to have Emma and Amanda back on tour. And not nice to have that one greedy clown there, but at least Pliskova was still able to beat somebody!
I said it after her first match. She beat Pavlychenkova, sure, but Pavs has been pretty bad lately, and Amanda hardly looked unstoppable. This comeback isn't going to be easy, and I wonder how she will respond if she gets dominated (like I expect)?The Anisimova comeback tournament came to an end quite abruptly.
Love watching Parry play. Classy, attractive woman with a game to match! Any one hander in the WTA should be protected under the endangered species act.Forget about anything else. Diane Parry put on a match of anthology against Lesia Tsurenko last night.
See above. We shouldn't draw too many conclusions when some of these players get really weak opponents in their first matches back. Especially in Auckland, where Svitolina is the #2 seed for god's sake! Emma will get smacked around by the better competition, as she should.
My bad! I've been watching too, not sure what I was thinking.I was watching at 5-1.